NBA Atlantic Division Preview
We’ll look at the basics of each team’s lineup and how they might fare against their number in the NBA win futures posted in Las Vegas. Today’s focus will be an Atlantic Division preview.
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NBA Commentary: Miami Survives San Antonio For The Championship
“Game 7s aren’t won, they’re survived.” Those were the words of ABC studio analyst Bill Simmons on the pregame show before last night’s finale in Miami, and that was exactly how it played out. Neither the Miami Heat nor the San Antonio Spurs played their best game, but the Heat got enough big plays from LeBron and forced enough Spurs’ mistakes to get a 95-88 win that was close all the way, and secure their second straight NBA title, and third in franchise history.
NBA Commentary: The Overtime Epic Of Game 6
Wow! That’s about the only word I could muster in watching Game 6 of the NBA Finals unfold. Miami got the final “wow!” of regulation when Ray Allen hit a game-tying three-pointer, and they got the final “wow!” at the end when they barely hung on in overtime, winning 103-100 and forcing a decisive Game 7 for the NBA championship on Thursday night (9 PM ET, ABC).
NBA Commentary: San Antonio Shoots Down Miami In Game 5
The 2013 NBA Finals continue on their trajectory to be the best bad series ever played. Once again, the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs tantalized us with the promise of an exciting finish, only to see one team completely take over the game in the latter stages of the third quarter. This time it was San Antonio, who won Game 5 on their home floor in a not-as-close-as-it-sounds 114-104 win.
NBA Commentary: Miami’s Big Three Bounces Back In Game 4
The Miami Heat faced yet another huge test in these NBA Finals, trying to avoid going down 3-1 in games to the San Antonio Spurs. The Heat delivered in a big way, playing sound basketball throughout, hitting the boards and finally pulling away in the fourth quarter to get a 109-93 win in Game 4 and even this series at two games apiece.
NBA Commentary: Miami Hits Back Hard In Game 2
The Miami Heat answered the bell in a way better than anyone might have imagined in Sunday night’s Game 2 of the NBA Finals. Playing in a must-win spot at home, the Heat used a 33-5 run in the second half to turn a close game into a rout, and with their 103-84 win over the San Antonio Spurs, evened the series up at a game apiece.
NBA Commentary: San Antonio Shows It Can Close
This is no longer the Indiana Pacers or the Oklahoma City Thunder. That’s the loud and clear message the San Antonio Spurs sent the Miami Heat last with the Spurs’ 92-88 win to open the 2013 NBA Finals. Whereas the Thunder in last year’s Finals, and the Pacers in this year’s Eastern finals, were susceptible down the stretch, San Antonio showed they can close games.
NBA Commentary: Previewing The Finals
The NBA Finals start Thursday night in Miami, as the San Antonio Spurs come in to take on the Heat. Once Oklahoma City lost Russell Westbrook in the first round, it became apparent the Heat and Spurs were the league’s two best teams and in the predictable world that is the NBA postseason, it’s those two that end up in the Finals.
NBA Commentary: All The Ways Miami Blasted Indiana
The Battle In South Beach didn’t prove to be much of a battle. The Miami Heat used a 33-16 run through the second quarter to blitz the Indiana Pacers in anticlimactic 99-76 win to win what was otherwise an excellent series to settle the championship of the Eastern Conference.
NBA Commentary: Heading To Game 7 On Monday Night
We’re headed for Game 7 in the NBA’s Eastern Conference Finals. Over the last three nights, the Miami Heat and Indiana Pacers have traded decisive wins on their home floors to set up the big battle on South Beach on Monday night. Our purpose here is to look back at the lessons of Games 5 & 6, and use those to point ahead to the one-game showdown coming up.
NBA Commentary: The East Heats Up; Spurs Sweep The West
If we’d been told at the start of the conference finals that one of these series would end up in a sweep, while the other was knotted 2-2, my guess is that most people would have assumed that San Antonio-Memphis were in a dogfight, while Miami showed Indiana who was boss. But it’s been the opposite. With both Game 4s in the books, San Antonio is celebrating its spot in the NBA Finals, while Miami heads home to South Beach hoping that homecourt advantage can help them survive the final leg of the Eastern Conference Finals.
NBA Commentary: The Battle-Tested Teams Find The Other Gear
The NBA playoffs are renowned as a time for the veterans and when being battle-tested matters more than anything else. That truism held in Game 3 of both conference finals matchups, as the San Antonio Spurs put an ironclad grip on the West, and the Miami Heat prevented the Indiana Pacers from getting any ideas in the East.